THE search for a future star of the screen extends to Wales this weekend.

THE search for a future star of the screen extends to Wales this weekend.

Having gone through the hugely successful Pop Idol process, the UK-wide spotlight this time is on Film Idol 2003, with speaking parts and roles as extras on offer in a film about the life of London gangster Lenny McClean.

The talent-spotters will be at Creation nightclub in Cardiff tomorrow and Sunday.

A COUNCIL is offering car-wreck owners a free tow-away service because there are so many abandoned vehicles in its area.

The number of abandoned vehicles reported across Rhondda Cynon Taff rose from 556 in 1997 to 2,400 in 2001.

Motorists can now arrange for their old bangers and wrecks to be collected with one call to 01443 494847.

PEMBROKE College catering student Victoria Stone, one of six finalists and the only female chef in the Gordon Ramsay Scholar 2003 competition,

did not win but she caught the great man's eye at the two-day event in his London restaurant, Petrus. She won a plate, dinner set and two days' work experience at one of his restaurants.